Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-18
PROHIBITION COUNCIL,
An All Nights Session of The State
Central Committee-To be Main
tanned on N0n.PGrtisan Basis.
Prohibition Democrats Recognize Their
Defeat, but Have no Fear OF Being
Read Out of the Party.
Special to the Gazette.'

'PSOi'>4 " tLLe TdZeLle
WACO, TEX, Aug. 1.-The state pro-
hibition central committee organized for
! the conduct Of the late campaign, was
composed Of fifteen members, with Dr.. B.
Il. Carroll OF this city as chairman. Four
teen OF the fifteen members were present
at the meeting held last night. The de
alterations TOOK place in the basement Of
the FIRST Baptist church and were pro
louged until > o'clock this morning.
MANY OF the prominent leaders in the
late campaign We're present, and among
the number no one was listened to with
more attention than Hon. Thos. r. Bon
ner Of Tyler. The discussion Of the
situation was earnest aud took q wide
range. The result of the conference wss
that the committee reached the decision
to recommend the maintenance of the
state Organization on strictly non par
tissn bssis, disclaiming any connection
with any Of the existing parties, and
leaving Prohi6tlUnists free to use their
own judgment inside their respective
party organiz 1ttons. \ committee of
five was appointed to issue en- address,
setting forth in detail the work of the
central committee with an analytical
statement of the result. DR.. Carroll is
chairman Of this committee end with.
in q few days the address will
be prepared and published Steps
were Gl5O taken TO provide for the liqui-
dalton Of such campaign expenses as re.
main unpaid, which sum IS understood to
be in the neighborhood OF SI700 Prohi-
! bitioDists throughout the state ere ex-
peCted TO assist in this work, and the
committee have no apprehensious what
ever but that the money can be raised
easily. This was about all thar was or
could be done by the committee, which
then, at > 9. N, adjourned sine die, sub
ject to call CT the chsirman. The memberc
81 left for their respective homes to-day
As some of the gentlemen who comprise
the committee are Republicans or third
party men, il is easy to see that the
question Of Whist Democrats who are
ErOhibitionists propose to do in the future
could not be discussed BY the committee
| Outside the committee room, howe yer
the Democratic members were rot at all
! 10th to express themselves. One and ALL
they concede that the vote on August
settled the question Of constitutional
prohibition or regulation of the liquor
traffic, at least for years 10 come. They
eccept the verdict Of the people, They
will dep1ecate any attempt, st least
in The near future, 10 have the
question, as 8 constitutional amend
menJ, submitted 10 popular vote
or even brought up in the Legislature.
They do no propose, however, to cease
their opposition TO the traffic in It's present
form, aud will by all honorable and legit-
mate means, appealing to the orderly
and conservative element in the anti-pro-
hibition wing OF the party for cooperation,
strive TO secure such legislation ard such
a state Of public opinion as will eliminate
so many of the evils appertaining to
the traffic as may DE possible. They
argue that many voters who We're
opposed to constitutional prohibition
were not actuated by any sympathy for
the saloon, aEi will cheerfully pertici-
pate in any policy calculated to lessen the
evils of the traffic As to being read
cut Of the Democratic party or prescribed,
because Of their course in the late cam
paign, these gentlemen do rot dread or
aPprehend anything OF the kind. They
ere disposed to accept the issue as pre-
sented by Messrs. Clark, Mills and other
ants, that at the next state Democratic
convention g strong anti prohibition
plank will be inserted in the platform,
end are willing to make fight, as Demo
Gratis, and within the Democratic party,
against such measure. As to the retention
OF reiteretiGn OF the twelfth plank in the
present platform, they have nothing to
say, IS that is not under consideration.
They simply propose, as Democrats, to
measure strength with the auti wing OF
the party If an attempt is made to put an
a1tl plank in the plstform, abiding the
decision, in convention Of the party on
the subject. They ali hope, however, that
no struggle will occur over this matter
aud express the belief that the con
serva1ive element in the anti Demo
cratic ranks will dominate and keep
down struggle. If it is forced,
though, they will meet it and fight il from
the precincts and counties up to the state
convention, which is the state tribunal Of
last resort. They hold that the vote o.
August shows that nearly if not one
half OF the Democrats who went to the
hallot-boX voted for prohibition, and are
thus confident OF the ability Of the prohi-
billion wing of the party to make lis voice
heard and It's rights snd feelings respect
ed in the state convention.
WEATRERFORD.